Hard to DoDukkarasutta

“Hard to do, hard to endure,“Dukkaraṁ duttitikkhañca, is the ascetic life for the inept,abyattena ca sāmaññaṁ; for it has many narrow passesBahūhi tattha sambādhā, where the fool founders.”yattha bālo visīdatī”ti.

“How many days could an ascetic live“Katihaṁ careyya sāmaññaṁ, without controlling the mind?cittañce na nivāraye; They’d founder with each step,Pade pade visīdeyya, under the sway of thoughts.saṅkappānaṁ vasānugoti.

A mendicant should collect their thoughtsKummova aṅgāni sake kapāle, as a tortoise draws its limbs into its shell.Samodahaṁ bhikkhu manovitakke; Independent, not disturbing others,Anissito aññamaheṭhayāno, quenched: they wouldn’t blame anyone.”Parinibbuto nūpavadeyya kañcī”ti.